hard times.

We’ve all heard it before.  We’re in a recession folks.  Hard times for all.  My friend’s nephew was killed while walking down the street one night.  A drive-by.  I don’t know what world I was living in, but for awhile there, I thought those things didn’t happen anymore.  Call me delusional, call me idealistic, but [...]

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mothers make me crazy.

or is just me?  Since being back at home, nothing drives me more bonkers than my mother.  Not that I was unaware of what I was getting myself into, I knew.  I just didn’t know how crazy it was going to be.  So this morning I tell my mother, I can take you to work.  [...]

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what to do?

So I haven’t written in awhile. Not because I haven’t been thinking about it, but because I feel like I should have a purpose of writing this blog.  I want to take it away from being my personal blog into something more but I’m not exactly sure what.  I can’t necessarily blog about my [...]

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a wink and a smile.

Most of my friends embrace technology wholeheartedly.  They love to get the newest gadget and are up to date on all of the latest buzz.  But how well do we embrace it when we take the love of technology and apply it to something that requires no technology at all, like dating.  At one time [...]

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happy birthday.

Today would have been Daniel’s 27th birthday.  He was a sweetheart and one of my closest friend in San Diego.  Some people shy away from talking about those that have passed away, I feel like it’s a way to preserve the memories and their spirit.  He loved and was loved by so many people and [...]

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identity crisis.

The other night my mom tells me that I’m too American.  I’ll never make it she says.  I’ll never survive.  The ironic thing is that my friends think I’m so Asian.  I eat rice porridge and fish for breakfast (voluntarily!) and watch tons of Asian cinema and television shows…  So in a way I’m super [...]

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bastille day in bk.

So a major chunk of my time in NYC has been in the wonderful borough of Brooklyn.  I student taught in two schools in Brooklyn (down the street from each other) and I fell in love with the Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill/Carroll Gardens area.    Here are the beginning posts of my summer activities (many of [...]

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happy new year!

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope everyone had a great time ringing in the new year with their loved ones.  I had a fabulous time spending it in the bay area with a lot of the UCSD crowd.  It was a very nice homecoming.  For those who don’t know, I have moved back to Cali.  [...]

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sodium, sodium, sodium.

So it’s a running joke amongst friends that I love salt.  I don’t deny it, one of my favorite things in the world is saladitos which is just salted plums – but seriously it is nothing BUT salt.  However, today I tried a low sodium soup from TJ’s and if you’re going to make some [...]

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it’s a new era.

I feel that so much weight has been lifted off my shoulders.  I was getting so anxious and nervous with the election but now that it is over and done – we can finally take a deep breath and let it all sink in.  We were a part of history.  We helped make this happen [...]

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